Bane (Jeep Swenson)
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| Bane | |
| Real name: | Antonio Diego |
| Aliases: | The Bane of Humanity |
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Alignment: | Bad |
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Relatives/friends: | Poison Ivy (Master) Mr. Freeze (Partner) |
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Characteristics: | Gender - Male Hair - None Eyes - Brown |
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Portrayed by: | Jeep Swenson Michael Reid McKay (as Antonio Diego) |
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Appearances: | Batman & Robin |
- "Monkey...Work!"
- ―Bane, selecting words from Poison Ivy's command "Enough monkey business. We've got work to do."[src]
Bane was Poison Ivy's enforcer. His name was bestowed upon him by Dr. Jason Woodrue, intending him to be a bane on mankind, and just the test subject for an entire army of Super Soldiers.
[edit] Biography
Antonio Diego was a prisoner in the South-American jail of Pena Duro, apparently serving a life sentence for murder. He was selected to be the test subject for the drug named Venom and was Dr. Jason Woodrue's first successful subject. Diego was forced to have three holes drilled into his skull and one into his chest, and then was strapped down in front of a large audience of foreign dictators to an operating table,where massive overdoses of Venom were purposely forced into his brain and heart. Through the mask he is forced to wear--one with three tubes snaked into his skull--Diego is seen writhing and screaming in agony for roughly fifteen seconds before he begins to change. Originally Diego was rather small and diminuitive,, but when the Venom started to take effect, he turned into a massive, savage fighting force, or "The Ideal Killing Machine", in Dr. Woodrue's words.
After Dr. Pamela Isley became Poison Ivy, she took the newly christened Bane with her to Gotham City to act as her enforcer. Bane helped scare the Golums from their hangout, as well assisting in retrieving Mr. Freeze's cryogenic armour and Freezing Gun from Arkham Asylum's prisoner storage locker.
Bane was eventually defeated by Robin and Batgirl. This happened as when Bane was holding them against the wall by their necks, Robin kicked the main tube that pumped Venom to his body pulling it out of the back of his head in the process, stopping the Venom circulation to his brain. This in turn caused Bane massive withdrawal, also reverting him back to his normal self. When Mr. Freeze attempted to kill Batman by destroying the Gotham Telescope Platform, he only suceeded in apparently crushing the weakened Bane, but what happened to him ultimately is left ambigious, as there is no evidence that he died in the fall of the Telescope Platform. As a result, his current whereabouts are unknown.
[edit] Behind the scenes
- This interpretation of Bane varies from most appearances in comics, in that when strengthened by Venom he does not retain his above-average intellect, but rather is reduced to a far less than average I.Q. This can be viewed as an example of an archetype of beings with near god-like physical strength, yet often having an intellect far below that of their enemies. This can be viewed among others in Batman's rogues gallery, including Solomon Grundy, and in many interpretations, Clayface and Killer Croc. Other fictional character's include the Greek Cyclops, James Bond's nemesis Jaws, and Marvel's Hulk.
